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Chapter 79 Geometric Optics (3)

Taking advantage of not having to go to the Hongwen Hall to attend classes, Cheng Jinzhou wrote three letters and sent them to the Astromancer Association as a result report, all of which only involved some superficial problems of geometry and optics, and there were even some common-sense mistakes.
Of course, the final image still has to be disguised as a standard paper that does not hide its flaws.

On the other hand, Xiang Xin, who is a consultant, has been very busy recently and returned to the outer peninsula.Warlock Liu Kuangxing's work is becoming more and more heavy. As one of the main assistants, her work will naturally only increase, but she still has her own research direction. As a result, she doesn't even have time to rest.

Even so, after receiving two letters from Cheng Jinzhou, Xiang Xin became very interested.

Geometric optics can be said to be the derivation and development of physical practice. It does not discuss the nature of light itself. Xiang Xin had no contact with it in the past. This time, in order to help Cheng Jinzhou look up information, he keenly discovered that it has many similarities with himself. The research content is very close.

It took two days to finish the work at hand. In the early morning of the third day, Xiang Xin rushed to the house on Zhuque Street early in the morning, wanting to see how far Cheng Jinzhou had studied.

Astrologists are not allowed to fly in the imperial city, so Xiang Xin flew from the outer peninsula to the outer city, and then rented a carriage to Suzaku Street.Two or three kilometers ahead of here is the imperial city, and the office areas of various government offices are surrounded by it, so the most official residences in the capital are concentrated here. Civilian officials below the 18th level don't even think about finding a house here. Even if the civilian officials reach the 8th and 10th level, it is rare to be able to purchase real estate here.

The entrance of the Cheng Family Courtyard looks ordinary on the side street, but it is not easy to buy a house here, and it is not necessary to decorate it luxuriously and eye-catchingly.

On the other hand, the servants of the Cheng family still looked domineering, and they didn't recognize Xiang Xin's identity as an astromancer. They only said, "Master has gone to school", and refused to say more.

Although Xiang Xin does not have the status of a nobleman, it is not suitable to be serious with a few servants, so he has to go to Hongwen Hall to find Cheng Jinzhou on his own.

At this time, the results of the quiz are being announced in Hongwen Hall.

Cheng Jinzhou was determined in his heart, and looked around, but saw that everyone including Shen Cong was tense, and when the rankings were released, some even blushed anxiously.

While he was still confused, he saw four lightly armored guards holding long bamboo sticks and stopping at both sides of the list.Immediately afterwards, the curator, who saw Shenlong seeing the head but not the tail, also stood in the middle with his hands behind his back.

"What is this for?" Looking at the red line on the bamboo stick, Cheng Jinzhou actually guessed a little or two.

Shen Cong said softly: "The last 10, 10 down."

Cheng Jinzhou swallowed his saliva. He has never been beaten since he graduated from elementary school. He thought that the last 20 students would not have a place in the township examination.

For the noble children, this is a real pain.

The curator of the Hongwen Museum is also a scholar of the pavilion, the most noble position, a person who can smile and bow to the prime minister, even if he is a son of a famous noble family, he is no match for him, so he is the curator When the adults say they want to fight, no one present can hide from it.

The 10 unlucky children were pushed to the ground one after another, their pants were taken off, they were decorated with bamboo sticks to make them red and then thrown aside. It didn't matter whether their buttocks hurt or not. The most important thing was that they were embarrassed.

The professor standing in front of the students had a grim face, and continued to roll the roll: the third class and the sixty...

Still counting backwards.This method of announcing the rankings can be described as cruel. Those who are called out first will naturally lose face, and when the rankings reach the top, everyone is tired of hearing it, and no one wants to hold their necks up proudly. Mental attention.It is a pity that the feudal society did not pay attention to human rights, and students never discussed the issue of burden reduction.

Cheng Jinzhou ranked second, which was considered a good result, while Shen Cong was even better, mostly because of his handwriting.

In the provincial level examinations, the examiners often allow students to make mistakes, which is completely different from the provincial examinations.Therefore, students' grades are also easy to pull, and will not be discarded for a single reason.

It took half an hour to announce the results, and Cheng Jinzhou's legs and feet were numb before there was a tendency to end it. Shen Cong winked at Cheng Jinzhou's side, and laughed softly: "Brother's news is still accurate."

Cheng Jinzhou pretended to be sullen, and said with cracked lips: "When you get the provincial examination, that's what you're capable of."

"Don't even think about it." Shen Cong shook his head immediately, this kind of thing still depends on luck.

They were talking below, and at the same time someone else looked over, Cheng Jinzhou immediately kept silent after noticing, even so, when the professors left, someone still called them to stop, and said in a reprimanding tone: "You two Whose family is it? Why are you so unruly."

Cheng Jinzhou looked up and saw that he was a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old. He had no marks on his waist and chest, but his black face was eye-catching. He only regarded him as a bookish student, so he just twitched the corners of his mouth and said with a smile :"Excuse me."

"Stop being so playful." The other party stopped him and said, "Seeing how enthusiastic you are talking, I would like to ask whose family is so arrogant."

When Cheng Jinzhou wanted to speak again, Shen Cong tugged at his cuff and said, "Senior Brother Lu, I said a few more words today, pay attention next time."

"Don't you just say it casually. Did you buy exam questions?" The black-faced Lu Anping looked at them with disdain, and said, "Buying exam questions is also second-class, idiot."

If it had been anything else, Cheng Jinzhou might have just laughed it off, but the other party's obvious school-like discrimination quickly made him feel uncomfortable, and he immediately retorted: "Your Excellency, you are 16 years old this year? You still want to take the exam with us?" Thank you for your hard work, Tong Sheng."

The people in Hongwen Hall are all children of aristocratic families, with the best teachers and the best conditions. They start studying at the age of five or six, and they still cannot pass the provincial examination when they are fifteen or sixteen. Although they are not special, they are definitely not qualified to ridicule others. .

Shen Cong's face turned green when he heard half of it.He almost half hugged Cheng Jinzhou and said, "Mr. Lu was seriously ill last time..."

Judging from his strength, Cheng Jinzhou finally understood that this Lu family's black face had a lot of background, so he stopped begging for flattery, and stood aside with his hands tied.

As soon as the professors left, everyone was still gathered together, and there were not a few people who heard the conversation between the three. Lu Anping looked around, staring at Cheng Jinzhou with burning eyes, and said, "How dare you talk back."

The son of the Lu family who thinks very highly of himself has been regarded as a shame by him for failing to take the township examination last time. He has to take the exam again at the age of 16, which has always been his backlash.

Cheng Jinzhou raised his eyebrows and snorted softly.

This naturally made the other party even more dissatisfied.

Lu Anping's eyes were red, and his voice became high-pitched. Unfortunately, the language was not technical and not dirty enough. After two or three sentences, he was blocked by the students beside him.The professors haven't gone far.

Shen Cong had a bitter look on his face, turned sideways, moved his lips slightly, and explained to Cheng Jinzhou: "He is the king of Dongshan, the son of Prince Lu's family."

The local authority of the Dashun Dynasty was increasing day by day. The Prince of Dongshan was an example of being forced to become a king, and Lu Anping had the nature of entering Beijing as a hostage.Lu Anping also had the hope of making contributions in order to return home, so he couldn't bear other people's gossip.Whenever he makes a fuss, anyone has to concede a three-pointer.

Cheng Jinzhou took two steps back, knowing that he had completely offended this person, he couldn't help but feel a headache, that's what the so-called "flying misfortune" refers to.

He was thinking about it when he heard a hearty laugh and said, "Master Lu is here, are you discussing astrology with our Jinzhou?"

The third prince walked over from outside with a smile, and greeted Cheng Jinzhou again.Naturally, he didn't have to stand with other students and wait for the news. There was no rule of equality for all beings here.

A circle of people saluted one after another.

Seeing that it was the prince, Lu Anping restrained himself a little, and still sneered at Cheng Jinzhou: "Are you Cheng Jinzhou? You are just looking for fame. Star warlocks are all very smart people. Why plagiarize in an exam? The problem can be solved in a quarter of an hour. You can’t even get straight A’s with all your money.”

"Brother Anping, why bother, I heard that you are not only successful in astrology, but also developed in theory?" The third prince laughed cooperatively.

The two-sentence Lu Anping has more face, and his face stretched out, and he smiled proudly: "For people like us, mediocre aptitude doesn't matter, it's still very easy to get a star array with one or two stars. , It is really difficult, and the contribution point is what shows the ability."

He glared at Cheng Jinzhou, then pointed his finger at his temple, and babbled half-boastingly: "Astrologists who can directly get contribution points from the Astrology Association are the real astrologists, and they are capable of manipulating the star array. Otherwise, even if you have the opportunity to use a star array with tens or hundreds of star points, you will not be able to manipulate it. Think about how much better than knights can those star warlocks trained in batches."

The star point is the index of the burden on the body of the star array, and it is generally required that the higher the star point is, the greater the use value of the star array will be.

Cheng Jinzhou grinned as he listened in the back, thinking to himself: Why are people surnamed Lu such mentally retarded people.

The prince chatted happily with the prince, but he still didn't forget Cheng Jinzhou. He pointed at him with two or three sentences and said with a sneer: "This kind of person is a typical idiot, and he is a moth of the country. Let alone astrology, it is the basic scriptures." , They have to take the plagiarism test to pass the test, and they should be expelled if they are ashamed."

His attitude is completely aristocratic from top to bottom, treating the other party as an object while making arbitrary evaluations.

Now not only Cheng Jinzhou, but also Shen Cong on one side was full of anger. How many noble children could bear such contempt.As soon as he pulled Jinzhou, he wanted to leave. If he wanted to offend him, he would have offended him long ago, so he didn't need to stay here.

Lu Anping gained the upper hand and shouted mercilessly: "You two, you must kowtow and apologize before you are allowed to leave. Otherwise, I will ask Jiao Yu and punish you severely."

Jiaoyu's existence is purely for punishing students, and Lu Anping is really qualified to do so.One of Cheng Jinzhou and Shen Cong was an ordinary nobleman, and the other was born as a bastard, so if they beat each other, it would be nothing.

Thinking of the bamboo stick before, the corners of Cheng Jinzhou's mouth almost twisted. If he had a reputation or something, such things could be completely avoided, but now he can only let it go.Kowtow is naturally impossible.

The third prince was quite interested in attracting Cheng Jinzhou, not to mention that the plagiarized papers were also leaked from him.At this time, he deliberately opened the topic and said, "How much contribution do you have, Anping?"

"2 o'clock. I didn't use a penny from the family. It was all charged from the account. There might be more in another month." Lu Anping waved his hand conceitedly, then laughed and said, "Why are you defending this kid, Star?" Do warlocks want to buy exam questions?"

As he said that, without waiting for the King of Yanping to respond, he asked Cheng Jinzhou condescendingly: "Listen to the King of Yanping, do you also want to make a breakthrough on the road of Star Warlock? Do you know what a contribution point is?"

"I know." Cheng Jinzhou was angry and answered unhappily.

"Not bad, do you know where I got it?"

"Star Warlock Association."

"Has anyone used it before?"

"I've seen it." Cheng Jinzhou glanced at him.

At this point, seeing Xiang Xin walking along the main road, he raised his voice and asked, "Is Mr. Cheng here?"

"Who are you?" More than one person present turned around and asked, the children of nobles are all idle and boring.

Xiang Xin was so busy every day that he didn't have time to quarrel with them. He slightly activated the star array and floated up from the ground, and then said loudly, "Is Mr. Cheng Jinzhou there?"

"I'm here." Cheng Jinzhou waved upwards, taking this opportunity to leave.

Lu Anping raised his eyelids to take a look, pouted and said, "Sorcerer Liu Kuangxing's apprentice?"

Xia Jing's gentlemen are more familiar with Warlock Liu Kuangxing.

Xiang Xin didn't move his legs, and the star array on his upper body drifted to the left. He smiled while still in the air: "Mr. Cheng, do you have time? I have a few questions for you."

Her voice was quite loud, attracting more people to look at her.

The third prince looked at Cheng Jinzhou with great interest.

Xiang Xin didn't know what was going on next, so he found the right spot and landed. He took the time and said: "I have a few questions. Let's go to the association to talk about it, or look up the books..."

"Let's go now." Cheng Jinzhou pulled Shen Cong, and was about to squeeze out of the crowd.

As Xiang Xin walked out, he smiled and said, "I heard that you exchanged two association contribution points. I thought it was a waste of you. I didn't expect a new article to be released now."

The people who had been listening to the excitement suddenly fell silent.

Lu Anping turned sideways to talk to the third prince, and almost fell to the ground at this moment.Needless to say, I can understand that selling two association contribution points is even more perverted than getting two association contribution points...

"I didn't expect you to be involved in business transactions." Lu Anping said with a smile without embarrassment, turned around and wanted to leave.

Xiang Xin has always been straightforward, and immediately corrected him: "Mr. Cheng exchanged for the initial association contribution points."

Contribution points directly from the association are eligible for promotion. Although after selling and buying other people's contribution points, it will not affect promotion after the amount is collected, but the feeling is a little different.

For rural aristocrats like Shaonan City, astrology is still a very distant word, but in the place where Xia Jing's family gathers, there are no students in the Hongwen Museum who don't know what a contribution point is. Some people can't help being surprised. exhaled.

Lu Anping, who always had the upper hand in words, remembered what he said just now, and couldn't help but blushed. He couldn't help but cover his face with his sleeves in shame, and said incoherently, "Your Majesty Yanping, you already knew?"

"Mr. Cheng's achievements have been recognized by the association, which is a good thing." The third prince didn't want him to continue talking, so he quickly ended the topic and said to Cheng Jinzhou: "If you two have something to do, go ahead and do it this afternoon. There are no classes."

Cheng Jinzhou glanced at Lu Anping from the corner of his eyes and walked out silently. The students quietly moved out of his way.

Feeling the oppressive atmosphere in the audience, Lu Anping finally said bitterly: "I will definitely become an astro-manager before you."

Cheng Jinzhou shrugged and said calmly, "I already have 8 contribution points from the Astromancer Association."

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